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Bit and Byte Stuffing
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Synchronous versus Asynchronous
Transmissions
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There exists a hierarchy of synchronization
tasks:
–
–
–
Bit level : recognizing the start and end of each
bit
Character or byte level : recognizing the start
and end of each character (or small unit of data)
Block or message level : recognize the start and
end of each large unit of data (in networks this
is a frame).
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Synchronous versus Asynchronous
Transmissions [Halsall]
A fundamental requirement of digital data communications
is that the receiver knows the starting time and the
duration of each bit.
Asynchronous transmission :: each character (or byte) is
treated independently for clock (bit) and character (byte)
synchronization purposes and the receiver
resynchronizes at the start of each character received.
Synchronous transmission :: the complete frame is
transmitted as a contiguous string of bits and the
receiver endeavors to keep in synchronism with the
incoming bit stream for the duration of the frame.
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Framing and synchronization
in asynchronous transmission
Transmitted at random intervals (e.g., keyboard)
Direction of transmission
Data bits
Line
idle
Start
bit
3T/2
1
2
T
3
T
4
T
5
T
6
T
7
T
8
Stop
bit
T
Receiver samples the bits
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Figure 3.68
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Synchronous Transmissions
• More efficient, i.e., less overhead
• Blocks of characters transmitted without
start and stop codes
• The transmitted stream is suitably encoded
so the receiver can stay in “synch” by:
– Using a separate clock line
– Embedding clocking information into data (e.g.
biphase coding).
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Methods to Identify Frames
[Tanenbaum]
1.
2.
3.
4.
Byte counts
Starting/ending bytes [byte stuffing]
Starting/ending flags [bit stuffing]
Using physical layer coding
violations (i.e., invalid physical
codes)
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The contents of each frame are encapsulated between a
pair of reserved characters or bytes for frame synchronization.
frame
Preamble
Bit Pattern
Postamble
Bit Pattern
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Byte Stuffing
[HDLC Example]
• Also referred to as character stuffing.
• ASCII characters are used as framing delimiters
(e.g. DLE STX and DLE ETX)
• The problem occurs when these character patterns
occur within the “transparent” data.
Solution: sender stuffs an extra DLE into the data
stream just before each occurrence of an
“accidental” DLE in the data stream.
The data link layer on the receiving end unstuffs the
DLE before giving the data to the network layer.
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HDLC Byte Stuffing
DLE
STX
Transparent Data
DLE
ETX
H
W
DLE
ETX
H
W
DLE
ETX
H
W
DLE
ETX
Before
DLE
STX
A
B
DLE
Stuffed
DLE
STX
A
B
DLE DLE
Unstuffed
DLE
STX
A
B
DLE
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Bit Stuffing
• Each frame begins and ends with a special bit
pattern called a flag byte [01111110]. {Note this is
7E in hex.
• Whenever sender data link layer encounters five
consecutive ones in the data stream, it
automatically stuffs a 0 bit into the outgoing
stream.
• When the receiver sees five consecutive incoming
ones followed by a 0 bit, it automatically destuffs
the 0 bit before sending the data to the network
layer.
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Bit Stuffing
Input Stream
0110111111100111110111111111100000
Stuffed Stream
01101111101100111110011111011111000000
Stuffed bits
Unstuffed Stream
0110111111100111110111111111100000
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PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) Frame Format
Flag
Address
Control
01111110 1111111
All stations are to
accept the frame
00000011
Protocol
Information
CRC
flag
01111110
Unnumbered
Specifies what kind of packet is contained in the
frame
payload, e.g., LCP, NCP, IP, OSI CLNP, IPX
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PPP Byte Stuffing
Flag
Address
01111110 1111111
Control
00000011
Protocol
Information
CRC
flag
Flag
01111110
01111110
Input
7E
7D
33
7E
42
7E
Stuffed Stream
7E
7D
5D
33
7D 5E
42
7E
Unstuffed Stream
7E
7D
33
7E
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7E
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